gold-standard SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

gold-standard from thecolliery/coalmine is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add thecolliery/coalmine/gold-standard@git:20260922.d210e8a

Pins git:20260922.d210e8a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
thecolliery/coalmine
Path
skills/gold-standard/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260922.d210e8a, committed Sep 22, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 21, 2026
Size
10,510 bytes
Repository stars
14
License
Apache-2.0

World-class completeness audit — score a project's rules/standards/features against best-in-class exemplars, name the gaps, fill missing rules, adopt as binding, then offer to conform existing code. Triggers on keywords: "/gold-standard", "gold-standard", "audit rules", "are we world-class", "fill gaps", "complete our rules", "conform old code".

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Gold Standard

<!-- SHARED:LANGUAGE_HEADER -->

Answer: **"For a project that does THIS — are rules/standards/features 100% vs world-class? If not, what's missing?"**

Four acts: **AUDIT** → **FILL** → **ADOPT** → **CONFORM**. Stop at any.

**Manual `/gold-standard` = interactive setup:** read `references/wizard.md` (dual-audience — layman 1-question default · programmer order→bill→pay). The auto/keyword path (the Triggers table) skips it.

## Triggers
| Keyword | Act |
|---|---|
| "audit rules" / "gold-standard" / "are we world-class" | AUDIT |
| "fill gaps" / "complete our rules" | FILL |
| "work by these rules" / "follow from now on" | ADOPT |
| "conform old code" / "retrofit" | CONFORM |
| "fill and adopt" / `ACTION=fill-adopt` | AUDIT → FILL → summary → ADOPT → offer CONFORM |

## Consent gates (G1–G6, declared)
| # | what it gates | when it fires | Agent lane | Hook lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 | model tier | before work starts | `ask_question`, 3 tiers, wait for pick | suppressed — auto-Light, no tier question |
| G2 | ADOPT | before treating the ruleset as binding | `ask_question` | `ask_question` |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add thecolliery/coalmine/gold-standard@sha256:f37bcf1c86294b1b

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260922.d210e8a, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_objd56jcatono25x.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_objd56jcatono25x)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Aug 21, 2026 and Sep 22, 2026, about one every 8 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260922.d210e8a latest2026-09-22 d210e8a 10,510 BA view · diff
git:20260822.f63c8db2026-08-22 f63c8db 10,439 BA view · diff
git:20260821.6044d782026-08-21 6044d78 10,962 BA view · diff
git:20260821.c38e7342026-08-21 c38e734 10,950 BA view · diff
git:20260821.583c32b2026-08-21 583c32b 10,287 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (10510 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

thecolliery/coalmine · 14 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_objd56jcatono25x
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=thecolliery/coalmine/gold-standard
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f37bcf1c86294b1bf0483fa700c1768143c9626ddef184169272f5d32bd8da0a

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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